Why is residential water treatment necessary when water from the municipal supply system has already been filtered?
A residential water treatment system gives you added protection. Often bacteria, parasites and other tiny contaminants slip through and infect water supply as it flows from the reservoir. Sediments and lead could also enter the water supply to the homes as it flows through the pipes to your faucet. Chlorine by-products (which are carcinogens) also develop when chlorine mixes with organic elements in the water. While chlorine kills a lot of the bacteria, it does not eliminate other harmful elements that are highly resistant to chlorination. The only way to filter them is through mechanical means, not through chemical solutions. A home water treatment system with filtration feature is the only method that can remove 99% of these contaminants. The water scares and water boiling alerts that happened in Milwaukee and Washington were attributed to a parasite called cryptosporidium. While that in New York was caused by E. Coli bacteria. All this simply proves that water contamination do happe
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